The Temuka Leader THURSDAY,JANUARY 30,1890. STASAVEUR'S CHURCH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2001, 30 January 1890, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY,JANUARY 30,1890. STASAVEUR'S CHURCH.

It is nor within our functions to c iiim.ent on Uie actions of the par:-'hir»ner.- o i & Savin ur’s Gburch. V’ 1:l 1 ' build on the usw i-i.,e, t-r >n any ui tier site, is tin ir own bus;ness. ~f w’uch fhev ought to be the best judges, a n o it is not our place to interfere to «nv great extent. There are. however, a thw pm ts on whicu we ;av commem. w ■ hope, without laving ...i,•selves open to the accusation of undue interference, ¥e feel an interest in t he general progress ot the place, and this must form our excuse for referring to it. Tbe position now is : ihe building and seating of the church will cost close upon £I2OO, and to meet this the committee have in hand and in promises munev to the amount of £BOO. Of this sum there is practically £GOO in hand, the balance being promises of donations made by the public. Besides the £BOO a further sum of £4OO is required, and the question is how to raise it. Three gentlemen of the parish have undertaken to guarantee £2OO of it, and the difficulty is to get anyone to guarantee £2OO more. - hose who cannot see their way to go on seem to ba afraid that all the promises will not be kept, and that, therefore, a deficiency may be expected from that source, ’fe feel confident that this is a pessimistic view of the matter. It is probable that every penny of what has been promised will be paid, but even supposing a percentage of it to be bad that does not say that the amount will not be realised. There are many who have not been canvassed, and these will undoubtedly make up any deficiency which may occur in the amount already promised. Besides” there will be the ceremony of laving the foundation stone; that always“reahses a good round sura 'ibeio is next the opening ceremony, which ought also to assist. Between there two sources -100 ought to be realised. Then we understand that some of the parishioners are ready to assist in carting the material, This would reduce the cost of construction, and be equal to money. Taking all these things into consideration, it may he regardi-.d as absolutely certain th it the '-800 m leas l can be rolled upon, so there neon be no doubt as to that, 1 he sum ot £-1.00 requires to be provided, and we do am hesitate to say that the b"St way to raise it is bv debentures, a- • ugg d ,t mo mem’"it- _ Bdf Oiese d be-dura, are practically 0 1 ken up ai-midy. -d r P-.hnor will take up £IOO w r th ol tmm, ami ih two otln ;■ p wissioeers, who, we behove, are Messrs J. Ltllmt ami Lee. will take up £SO worth emm or them hose gentlemen hav" dready offered to guarantee these Mims to the bank, and it is far came?for • hem *o iak n. mb-mPne - th..,, dthat. On ie l he guara; A- , , be DonQvl out , n-, u. -,u:uu :

snms ab'ive i./n\.•, Miud, but. ’.bu whole ol the £ T : 3 ,>v ul: - bnv t:' bo- ihmn-- Ivo-j j .j:s: 1, :H V .■ it paid. ‘Unh l! '" !■;. o:.jn : : |) ;: !K ;(, re . is r« of IU-,u “1 u< “ h mao I !nr tin.- lUiuiiiit of n>eir demm ure and no mure. !heiv is also no necessity that they should pay any money, i'iio debentures can be placed in ihe brink, and on their security the bank will advance the money, provided the names on tho debentures are those or substantial men, lints the debenture holders j will never have to do anv more than I sign their names, The church wardens v pUi have to nay interest to the bank, and f ' :ive paid interest and principal, Ur . '-'-hares will he handed back to I; ' GSS , v/ho f,i S ne( l them, and all liability' VcGj ‘ he ear.ce.Uecl. ; he onb rak Urn bolder/ uL " - benhi.es ran by win the / HiG r' a ' j woraenn he rib. , fllo [ We do not thini; that the. 0 u/a greaM ti deal oi risk m that; in fact, we cannot * h

see any at all. Now this disposes of the question of money, and there remains only the question of site. Many are opposed to removing the church from the present to a better site, because of old associations. One cannot help smiling this excuse. One would think that it is an old monastery handed down by an illustrious line of saints, bishops and scholars, instead of a little bit of a wooden building 20 or 30 years old and admittedly very uncomfortable. Let the people understand what they throw away by refusing to build on the new site. They simply throw away £350 or £4OO, up as follows—£3oo, including site given by Mr Hay hurst ; £SO for expenses incurred already, and probably £SO to repair the old church. But this is not all. The Eev. Mr Hamilton has said that he will leave the parish if they do not build a church somewhere. It they throw away the present offer can they expect to build anywhere else? They cannot, and in , that case they will lose Mr Hamilton. We need not say what a loss that would be, not only to the Church of England, but to the whole of Temuka. They would certainly never look upon his like again. And for what do they 1 throw away all this ? Simply for the question of site. We have now put I the question before them as fairly as jwe can, and if they reject Mr Tlayhurst’s offer we have not the slightest doubt but that the next generation will think very little of them for doing so.